Bottle-stopper.



w.- A. EOKERT.

v BOTTLE STOPPEB. APPLICATION FILED 21112115, 1910.

Patented May 21, 1912.

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WILLIAM A. ECK'ERT, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IBOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMay 21, 1912.

Application filed September 15, 1910. Serial No. 582,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. ECKERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to an improved bottle stopper, which is adaptedto be fitted in a bottle in place of the usualcork, and when so insertedtherein constitutes a spraying or sprinkling nozzle for the bottle.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a comparativelysimple, cheap and durable article of this class.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction of thedevice which will be hereinafter described and claimed,-

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which, I 1 Figure 1is a side elevation of the improved bottle stopper. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section through the improved stopper. Fig. 3 is a top plan Viewof the improved stopper. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the improvedstopper. Fig. 5 is a detached central section through the perforatedmetal top of the stopper. Fig. 6 is a detached central vertical section.through the tubular metal member of the stopper. Fig. 7 is a plan viewof the same. i

In referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals designate likeparts.

This improved bottle stopper is designed to be fitted. in the opening inthe neck of a bottle in place of the usual cork or stopper,

and is provided with an enlarged perforated spraying or sprinkling headthrough the perforations of which the liquid within the bottle issprayed or sprinkled when the bottle is inverted.

The improved stopper, as shown in the drawings, consists of a top metalmember 1 which is preferably of a convex shape and is perforated, ametal tubular lower member and a cork annulus or ring 2 fitted aroundthe lower end of the lower member.

The metal tubular lower member has an lar portion 5 with its top surfaceagainst I the shoulder 4. The lower tubularportion 5 is considerablysmaller in. diameter than the bell shaped portion 3 and in practice thelower end thereof may be made to flare, as

shown in Fig. 4, or may be otherwise enformed from suitable metal, such,for instance, as sheet aluminum; the perforated convex top member andthe tapering or bell shaped lower member being formed to the desiredshape in suitable dies and the top margin of the bell shaped portion 3being bent inwardly upon the edge of the concavoconvex top, as shown inFig. 2, thus rigidly securing the two metal members of the stoppertogether;

The inwardly extending;- bent marginal edge or top flange of the bellshaped portion 3 is indicated in Fig. 2 by the numeral 6, and it will beobserved by referring to said Fig. 2 that that portion of the upper partof the lower metal member lying be-v tween and connecting the outertermination of the flange 6 with the top termination of thebell shapedportion 3 is substantially of a circular form having vertical outer andinner surfaces of appreciable width, as shown at 7 in said Fig. 2. Thisprovides a fairly wide surface for the convenient grip for the fingersof the operator when,1nserting' the stopper in or removing it from theopening in the neck of the bottl The usual practice in fitting a stopperin or removing it from a bottle is to glve it a turning or twistingmovement. With this improved stopper it will be noted that owing to thefact that the lower tubular member is formed in one integral piece ofmetal and has its upper portion shaped to fit around the upper memberand form a grasping portion for the fingers of the operator there is nopossibility of a turning or twisting movement loosening or opening anyjoints between parts.

The principal advantage of this improved stopper resides initssimplicity, durability and cheapness which is due to the fact that themetal parts oft-he stopper are but two in number and that one of thesemetal parts is so constructed'that a cork annulus may be fitted on itslpwer portion while its upper end is bent to form an exterior flangearound the outer edge of the other part.

I claim,

A device of the class described consisting of a perforated top memberhaving a downwardly extending verticalflange, a lower member havingatapering or bell shaped portion, a flanged top portion comprising anupwardly extending vertical flange in- Qclosing the vertical flange 011said top member and an inwardly projecting horizontal flange engaglngsaid top member, an ntermediate shoulder extending inwardly from thetermination of the bell shaped portion and a lower reduced tubularportion depending from the inner termination of the intermediateshoulder, and a cork annulus fitted around the lower reduced tubularportion and having its upper annular edge against the intermediateshoulder. 1

WILLIAM A. ECKERT.

lVitnesses L. M. SANos'n-m, GEORGE A. Nnonamun

